ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Wyoming coach Larry Shyatt knew what was coming.
That’s why the 64-year-old, yellow sweater wearing “Papa Shy” decided he should be the one to speak out — quite harshly — against what he called an “embarrassing” process of the Mountain West Conference’s presidents voting to cut league tournaments down to the top eight teams without allowing the league’s coaches or student athletes to have a say in the matter.
The decision, which starts in 2017, will eliminate 27.3 percent of basketball athletes from the chance to play in the league tournament each March in Las Vegas, Nev.